Daniel 2:32 - Forerunner Commentary

Daniel 2:32

30 ^aBut as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, ^band that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

31 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.

32 ^aThis image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and¹ thighs of bronze,

33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of¹ clay.

34 You watched while a stone was cut out ^awithout hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

35 ^aThen the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became ^blike chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that ^cno trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image ^dbecame a great mountain ^eand filled the whole earth.

36 “This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

37 ^aYou, O king, are a king of kings. ^bFor the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory;

38 ^aand wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—^byou are this head of gold.

39 But after you shall arise ^aanother kingdom ^binferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.

40 And ^athe fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.

41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay.

42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, ^aso the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly¹ fragile.

43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.

44 And in the days of these kings ^athe God of heaven will set up a kingdom ^bwhich shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; ^cit shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

45 ^aInasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”

Daniel and His Friends Promoted

46 ^aThen King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering ^band incense to him.

47 The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly ^ayour God is the God of ^bgods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.”

Verse Comparison: Daniel 2:32

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American Standard Version
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

Amplified® Bible
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

Contemporary English Version
Its head was made of gold, its chest and arms were silver, and from its waist down to its knees, it was bronze.

Darby English Version
This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

Good News Bible
Its head was made of the finest gold; its chest and arms were made of silver; its waist and hips of bronze,

King James Version
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

New American Standard Bible
"The head of that statue {was made} of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

New International Version
The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

New King James Version
This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The head of that statue consisted of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

Revised Standard Version
The head of this image was of fine gold, its breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

Young's Literal Translation
This image! its head `is' of good gold, its breasts and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass;

New English Translation
As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze.

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